Improvement in kettles for culinary purposes



1( BURNS.

Tea Kettle.

l Patented i' Dc. 29, 1868.

w 1M e M Vz n. PETERS, PNDTD-LITHOGRAPH JABEZ BURNSQOF NEW "YORK, N. Y.

Letters Patent o. 85,429, dated December 29, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT KETTLES OR GTJ'LINARY PURPOSES.

The Schedule rean-ed to in these Letters Patent andmaking part of th'e sama.

To all/whom it 'may concern.-

Be it known that I, J ABEZ BURNS, of the city, county, and State of N w York, have invented a .new and useful Improvement in Kettles for Culinary Purposes; and l'.

do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and

exact description thereof, which will enable those skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification, in Which drawingh Figure l represents a vertical central section of this lnvention. Y

Figure 2 is a horizontal section thereof.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to al kettle for culinary pnr`- poses, such as a tea-kettle, coffee-kettle, wash-kettle,l

'or a kettle of any other similar description, the body of which is made of sheet-metal and soldered toa bottom of' cast-iron, said bottom Abeing provided with a -bead at its edge, over which the edge of the sheetmetal body is bent in such a manner that a bottom is obtained which is cheaper and more durable than an ordinary bottom of sheet-metal, and which can be readily and firmly lsecured to the body of the kettle.

The b ottomis provided witha number of depressions or water-legs, which are cast solid with saidA bottom,r and which, being exposed to the direct action of the ire, considerablyfacilitate.,the effect of the heat on the contents of the kettle, while they do not materially increase. the cost of the bottom.

A represents the body of my kettle, which is made of' sheet-metal inthe usual form or shape, according to the purpose for which it is to be used.

This body is connected to the bottom, B, which I make of cast-iron, and which is provided with a bead,

c, on its edge, over which the edge of the body A is bent, as clearly. shownin the drawing, and inally, the joint is rendered tight by soldering.

The 'advantages'of a cast-iron bottom, over an ordinary bottom of sheet-metal, will be readily appreciated, my cast-iron bottom being cheaper and more durable than an ordinary bottom; and, by means of the bead a, I am enabled toconnect the bottom lto the body of the kettle in such an easy and rm manner that no amount of knocking about will render the joint loose.- The heating-surface of the bottom, B, is increasedgby .-a series of water-legs, b, which are cast solid therewith, and which, when the kettle -is'piaced over a fire, are;

eXposed tothe direct action of the heat.'

By casting these Water-legs Vsolid with thebottom, Lam enabled to obtain a very great heating-surface, with'bnt a trfling increase in the cost of the bottom.

I do not claim broadly, as my invention, a kettle composed of a sheetemetal body and a cast-iron bottom, such being shown and described in the patent of L. J.

AWorden, June 2,1863; but having thus described my invention, 1 What-I claim as new,'and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-.. l

1. As a new article of manufacture, the bottom, B, cast with water-legs, b, and a bead, a, around which the lower edge of the body A is bent and secured simply by soldering, substantially as described andshown.

2. The kettle constructed, as described, of the bottom, B, cast with the water-legs b and bead a, and the body A, of sheet-metal, secured to the bottom by having its lower edge bent over the bead and soldered, as herein described.

Witnesses: J ABEZ BURNS.

W. HAUFF, E. F. KASTENHUBER 

